Akwa Ibom records 5 cases of COVID-19, as NCDC confirms 23 new cases this evening.

TheEaglesVoiceBlog can confirm from a tweet from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC that Nigeria has this evening recorded Nineteen (19) new cases of Coronavirus, five (5)) of which was confirmed in Akwa Ibom State, 7 in Abuja, 9 in Lagos, 1 Kaduna, and 1 Bauchi, respectively. 

However, as at 8:00pm April, 2020, the NCDC reported 23 new confirmed cases, taking the total to 174.

The tweet read:

 “Twenty-three new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos, 7 in the FCT, 5 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Bauchi State.

“As at 08:00 pm 1st April there are 174 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths.

 

“As at 08:00 pm 1st April, there are:

174 confirmed cases

9 discharged

2 deaths

“For a breakdown of cases by states-

Currently;

Lagos- 91

FCT- 35

Osun- 14

Oyo- 8

Ogun- 4

Edo- 4

Kaduna- 4

Bauchi- 3

Enugu- 2

Ekiti- 2

Rivers-1

Benue- 1

Akwa Ibom- 5